Educational cutout doll dressing toy



Aug., m, w49. L ,Q WALLACE 2,479,052

EDUCATIONAL CUTOUT DOLL DRESSING TOY FiledMay 5, 1947 lnvcntor /qce shallow. Located adjacent the end walls 6 are 60 allg and adjacent tie side edges 21of the panel,

3 said slots being open at the side edges of said panel.

The various arrangement of the slots in the panel l provides for supporting strips 35jof material on said panel whereby the strips may be viewed through the various portions of the cutout gure on the top of the container. For example, in providing diierent combinations of dress for the ligure, a strip of material 36 may be arranged on the panel IU with the ends under the ends 30 of said panel whereby al1 of the garments of the figure appear to be made of the material or the strip may be inserted in the slot 29 and the end of said strip drawn over the upper face Il of theV panel between the slots 26 and 28. The panel may thenbe inserted in the box 2 to rest on the ller 1 and the cover 3 applied whereby the strip of material will be visible through the cutout portions 20, 22 and 23 and the figure will have the appearance of a dress and hat of the same material. Y

To provide a hat of diierent color or pattern, a strip 31 of material may be inserted in the slots 34 and drawn downwardly on the face Il of the panel over the strip 36 and when the cover is applied over said panel the hat in the cutout gure will be formed by the strip 31. `A blouse of diierent material may be provided by inserting the ends of a strip 38 in the slots 26 and drawing said strip the strip 36, and as shown inFig. 1 the blouse of the dress will be the material of the strip 38. A contrasting belt may be applied to the gure by inserting the ends of a strip 39 of material in the arcuate slots 33 and drawing said strip adjacent the edge of the stripv 38, Various widths of the strip 39 may be applied, or the strip may be folded as desired to provide belts of diierent widths. Also, the arcuate slots 33 permit various arrangements of the strip 39 to provide variations in the waistline of the cutout figure.

The skirt may be varied by inserting strips of material in the slots 28 and drawing said strip over the strip 36 and also by applying the ends of the strip 40 in the arcuate slots V32 whereby various stripes and combinations of Y material may be seen through the cutout portion 23 of the figure to give the eiect of various combinations and stripes in the skirt portion thereof.

A strip 4| of material may be inserted in the arcuate slots 3| and drawn downwardly on the face Il of the panel and when underlying the cover 3 will be visible through the cutout portion 25 to form the shoes of the figure.`

A plurality of strips of various colors, patterns and types of material may be stored in the space I3 in the box for application to the panel l0 to provide other and various combinations of dress for the gure on the cover of the container. This arrangement of the slots in the panel I0 relative to the cutout portions in the top 3 provides various combinations of dress for the figure, provides for the arranging of various designs, colors, patterns and all types of cloth or other material and the various portions of the cutout ligure whereby a child may arrange the dress as desired. For example, the width and the position of the belt may be changed, additional material may be applied to the skirt portion to give stripes there-'- to and by the use of diierent material different colored stripes may be applied as desired. Therefore a child will gain amusement from arranging the dress for the ligure and also will be educated thereby as to color harmony and the blending of downwardly over the top of various patterns to make an attractive display and will also learn the different possibilities in regard to the appearance of clothes on a figure.

It is believed obvious that I have provided a simple, compact apparatus providing amusement and education in the dressing of a cutout doll.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described, a container consisting of a box and cover therefor, said cover having a picture of a person thereon and cutout openings in the normally clothed areas of said picture, a panel in said container having a plurality of spaced curved slots therein, said slots being open at the side edges of the panel, spaced means in the box supporting'- the paneladjacent the cover, and a plurality of strips of material adapted to be vselectively applied' to the slots and secured to the panel in overlying relation thereto whereby portions of said strips are visible through the cutout openings and represent clothing on the pictured person.

2. In a device of the character described, a container consisting of a box having end, side and bottom walls and cover therefor, a panel in said container having pairs of transversely aligned curved slots open at the side edges of said panel and spaced transverse and longitudinal slots between said aligned curved slots, inserts in the box adjacent the end walls thereof for supporting the panel adjacent the cover and forming a central space between theV panel and bottom wall, a plurality of strips of material adapted to be selectively extended through the slots and ar-l ranged in overlying relation to the panel, the ends of the strips being in the central Yspace of the box, and a representation of a igure upon the cover, the portions of the cover corresponding'to the articles of clothing of the gure being Vcut out and located between the slots permitting a view of portions of the strips of material overlying the panel in combination with said gure representation whereby said strips appear to form the articles of clothing of the figure.

3. In a device of the character described, an opaque cover member, la representation of a figure on said covermember, said cover member having aplurality of openings corresponding in Vshape to articles of clothing of said gure, a panel under said cover member and havingaplurality of spaced longitudinal and transverse slots arranged in said panel around the place corresponding to the cutout portions of the cover member, said panel having a plurality ofspaced pairs of transversely aligned curved slots open at the side edges thereof, and a plurality. of strips of material selectively arranged in the slots and visible through the openings in the cover member to provide the appearance'of the articles of clothing of the ligure on said cover member.

, PAULINE E. WALLACE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Raymond Aug. 25, 1942 

